This resource wiki is dedicated to period 3-4 Professional Learning Group at Skowhegan Area High School. The focus of this group is dedicated to creating opportunities for students that insures high achievement in the areas of literacy and student motivation. The following is a collection of resources that teachers, parents, and students could use to improve literacy and student motivation. This collection can be used to target learning opportunities in the classroom, home, and research purposes.





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Description of the website

Target Audience

Learning results

National and State

Technology standards

Read Write Think
NCTE and IRA are working together to provide educators and students with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content. This site impacts student learning through literacy training for students and teachers.

Note: Click on the display icon to get a listing of literacy strands for grades 9-12.
Teachers

MLR-English A2 Literary Texts,MLR-English A3 Informational Texts
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A to Z Teacher Stuff
A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. Find lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more. This site provides outstanding tools for teachers that directly impact technology in the classroom.

Note: Scroll down to the grade level and content area to focus your search for useful lesson plans.
Teachers and Students

National Standards Technology K-12

NT.K-12.1
NT.K-12.3
NT.K-12.4
Learning Resources
Learning Resources is designed to help adults improve basic skills like reading and spelling using real-life stories on topics of interest to adults.

Note: This site impacts student learning through literacy training for students and teachers.
Teachers, Adults, and Parents
MLR:PEIs
English A2,A3
4Teachers
4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use. Discover valuable professional development resources addressing issues such as equity, ELL, technology planning, and at-risk or special-needs students.

Note: click on the icon [track star] this will give you the opportunity to search by grade, content area, or topic. Use this feature to make technology useful in your classroom.
Teachers, Parents, Home-school, and students
National Standards technology
NT.K-12.1
NT.K-12.3
NT.K-12.4
NT.K-12.5
NT.K-12.6
National Geographic
National Geographic website is designed as an informational, interactive, creative, and lesson planning website targeting parents, teachers, and students. This site can also be used for research on specific topics. This site can be used in many content areas for teachers, student, and parents. Could also be used as a home school resources.

Note: Click on the expedition search in the upper right-hand corner to search by by grade, content area, or topic. This has useful material for the classroom.
Teachers, Parents, and Students.
MLR:PEI's
Social Studies and Performance indicators
D1,D2
E1,E2
Valley Library
The Valley of the Shadow is different than many other history websites. It is more like a library than a single book. There is no "one" story in the Valley Project. Rather, what you'll find are thousands of letters and diaries, census and government records, newspapers and speeches, all of which record different aspects of daily life in these two counties at the time of the Civil War.

Note: This site can be used in many content areas for teachers, student, and parents. Could also be used as a home school resources.
Teachers, Parents, students, and History Buffs.
MLR:PEI's
Social Studies and Performance indicators

E1, E2
Office of teaching and learning
The Office of Teaching and Learning supports teachers through curriculum guidance and professional development across all content areas and grade levels.

Note: Scroll down the page to click on assessments in science that could be used in the classroom.
Teachers
National Standards Technology k-12

NT.K-12.1
NT.K-12.3
NT.K-12.4
NT.K-12.5
NT.K-12.6
Motivating Students
Education World recognized the need for a Web site that would make the Internet easier for educators to use. They wanted to create a home for educators on the Internet, a place where teachers could gather and share ideas. They wanted to create a complete online resource where educators could start each day to find the lesson plans and research materials they were looking for.

NOTE: This site has 25 great ideas to motive readers. Just click and read.
Teachers, Parents, and Home school parents.
National Standards Technology k-12

NT.K-12.1
NT.K-12.3
NT.K-12.4
NT.K-12.5
NT.K-12.6
Literacy Matters
The goal of the Literacy Matters project is to improve the literacy development of middle grades and secondary school students, especially those students who are struggling to succeed. The content within this web site focuses on what matters most in adolescent literacy development

Note: Click on the appropriate icons that are associated with teachers, parents, or 18 and under. Then click on the icons that pertain to your interests with literacy.
Teachers, Parents, and Students.
MLR:PEIs
English A2,A3
Reading is Fundamental
prepares and motivates children to read by delivering free books and literacy resources to those children and families who need them most.

Note: Click on the icon that is age appropriate and find literacy techniques that encourage reading and literacy.
Teachers, Parents, and Students.
MLR:PEIs
English A2,A3
CDC
CDC.gov is CDC's primary online communication channel. Annually, there are close to 500 million page views to the site, averaging 41 million page views per month. CDC.gov provides users with credible, reliable health information.

Note: Easiest thing to do is click on the A-Z topics and choose the topic that interests you or is for research purposes.
Teachers, Parents, and general public.
MLR:PEI's
Health education and Physical education
A1
NIH
NIH is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.

Note: Easiest thing to do is click on the A-Z topics and choose the topic that interests you or is for research purposes.
Teacher, Students (Research information)
National Standards technology
NT.K-12.1
NT.K-12.3
NT.K-12.4
NT.K-12.5
NT.K-12.6
MLR:PEI'S
A. Health Concepts:
A1 Healthy Behaviors and Personal Health
PBS
PBS Teachers is PBS' national web destination for high-quality preK-12 educational resources. Here you'll find classroom materials suitable for a wide range of subjects and grade levels. We provide thousands of lesson plans, teaching activities, on-demand video assets, and interactive games and simulations. Specific to this page is Health and Fitness.

Note: Click on the health and fitness section to help research information and gather material for your class or research paper.
Teachers, Parents, and Students
National Standards technology
NT.K-12.1
NT.K-12.3
NT.K-12.4
NT.K-12.5
NT.K-12.6
MLR:PEI'S
A. Health Concepts:
A1 Healthy Behaviors and Personal Health
The Body
This is an interactive tool for studying the body. This site can be used for many content areas and the research that is needed for specific assessments.

Note: Click on the "enter here" portion of the site and start studying for an exam using the interactive site.
Health and Science Teachers, Parents, and Students
MLR:PEI'S
A. Health Concepts:
A1 Healthy Behaviors and Personal Health
Human Kinetics
Human Kinetics is committed to providing quality informational and educational products in the physical activity and health fields that meet the needs of our diverse customers. Within the physical activity field, recreational and organized sports are a major focus

Note: Click on the "Instructor, student resources" for use in the class and study purposes.
Health and Physical Education Teachers, Parents, and Students
MLR:PEI'S
A. Health Concepts:
A1 Healthy Behaviors and Personal Health
Teaching with Historic Places
Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) is a program of the National Park Service's Heritage Education Services office. Over the years TwHP has developed a variety of products and services. These include a series of lesson plans; guidance on using places to teach; information encouraging educators, historians, preservationists, site interpreters, and others to work together effectively; and professional development publications and training courses.

Note: Use Icons on the left of the webpage to navigate through the site to create lesson plans, materials, and assessments that are specific for historic places.
Social Studies Teachers, Parents, and Students
MLR:PEI's
Social Studies and Performance indicators

E1, E2
Cool Math For Kids
Cool Math is designed to help frustrated students with interactive math games and activities that make it interesting and fun.

Note: Click on the icon that is appropriate for you. Teachers, Parents, or Students.
Math Teachers, Parents, and Students
MLR:PEI's
MATHEMATICS STANDARDS
A Numbers
B Data
C Geometry
D Algebra

Illuminations Resources for teaching Math
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students. With 100,000 members and 250 affiliates, NCTM is the world’s largest organization dedicated to improving math education in preK‑12

Note: Click on the top icons for activities and lessons to use in the math classroom to ensure mathematics learning of the highest level.
Math Teachers, Parents, and Students
MLR:PEI's
MATHEMATICS STANDARDS
A Numbers
B Data
C Geometry
D Algebra

Technology integration
This site is a collection of integration tools for the classroom.

Note: Click on any of the icons on the main page to view the collection of integration tools for instructional purposes.
Teachers, Parents, and Students
National Standards technology
NT.K-12.1
NT.K-12.3
NT.K-12.4
NT.K-12.5
NT.K-12.6
Communication Arts
This site is a collection of resources for the language arts that teachers and students can use to communicate.

Note: This site is much like the site above, however it is directly connected to communication art. Click on the many icons that are directly associated with language arts.
Language Arts Teachers, Parents, and Students
MLR:PEIs
English A2,A3
Language arts Resource wiki



Middle School Language Arts



Social Studies



Math Resource Wiki